Daryl Northrop

Happy to help, mate! Can’t wait to see the flyer.

Little do those other guys know that before “Tiesto” was “Tiesto” he was just “some guy scrounging for his first few gigs.”

I get what you are saying. Experienced deep house dj’s (which I am not, at all) do incredible layering work that is an artform all to itself. I would suggest going on youtube and searching for “deep house layering” or “deep house mixing tutorial.” Lots of devotees out there who love to break it down for you.

NietzSKY, post: 35554, member: 4553 wrote: Oh shit…..

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There is a DJ busking in Dupont Circle. Seriously.

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Skrillex the early years? Was I that bad?!?!?! Fuck, /wrists

What???? Not from what I heard 🙂

Using effects might be a good way to differentiate and transition the tracks without having two really loud tracks turn into a wall of noise.

Here’s an idea. Set the fader in the middle, with the volume on the new track turned all the way down. Then, start the filter on the track that’s playing to slowly strip out the base, while turning up the volume on the new track. When the volume on the new track is all the way up, the bass on the old track should be all the way down, and then you can mix into the new song without as much overlap.

Hope this helps.

Of course, the trusty “backspin” on the track you are mixing out of is another tried and true way of getting out of an awkward mix.

NietzSKY, post: 35416, member: 4553 wrote: Not going to lie, when I go to a club as a patron the only things on my mind are the feel of the club/who I’m going to scope out/ style of music. When I’m buying drinks or dancing with someone, very rarely do I say “hold on hun, I need to go to the booth to make sure the dj is manually doing his job.”

I am part of the problem =(.

LOL! The first step to recovery is realizing you have a problem.

Of course, I do the same thing. When I am listening to dance music with my wife, I call out the effects: “high pass filter…..low pass filter…..flanger…..echo……brake……loop roll!”

I am hella lame.

A few more pieces of advice:
1. you don’t have to be perfect – it is likely that whatever crowd you are playing to (large or small) is 98 to 100% non-DJ’s, so if you goof something up, they are not likely to know, care, or remember it.
2. You only have to be ok. For your first few gigs, just do simple mixing. Pre-arrange your tracks. Scout the locations ahead of time. All of these things will help steady the nerves.

I use the Novation Twitch, and really enjoy it.

But, more importantly than the controller is software you want to use for mixing. Serato and Traktor are both great, but are fairly different in setup and functionality. It may be worth it to play around with both software packages and see which one you like better, and then go controller shopping. Not all controllers are supported by both software programs, so it is important to think about which mixing program you are going to go with.

Thanks for sharing!